How is the us currency different from the Canadian currency?

Answer 1

Any Canadian bank will buy or sell US bills to or from members of the general public, in denominations as low as one dollar. You will usually get your best exchange rate at a Canadian bank. The major US credit cards, such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express, are accepted in most Canadian businesses.

Personally, I have never experienced a problem using my Canadian Visa, Mastercard or American Express credit cards in the US, but the rate of exchange is not always the lowest, and furthermore a few places will charge an extra fee.

Answer 2

You can either try to exchange them at a bank, or at a currency exchange place in a mall, or in an airport, although most currency exchanges won't take coins. Most banks will likely send you away because they're usually not set up to convert any form of foreign currency unless they specifically deal in foreign exchange, and coins are usually not worth the trouble to convert.

How did you get the coins? If you just picked them up as change, you can unload them the same way (one coin at a time). Depending upon how many you have, it could take a while. Of course, that method won't work with Loonies or Toonies.

If the coins are older (pre-1968) there may be some that are of interest to a collector. Higher-denomination coins of that vintage are usually made of 80% silver so any that aren't collectible could be sold for their metal content.

Another alternative would be to find someone at work or school who's planning a trip to Canada and sell the coins to them at the current exchange rate.

As a general rule, coin dealers, pawn shops and places like that will pay around 30-50 cents on the dollar, assuming they buy foreign coins (other than gold and silver ones).

Answer 3

America use American dollars and Canada use Canadian dollars and also the Canadian dollar is worth less than the American dollar

example:

1 American $= 1.25 Canadian $

please note, this is not the actual currency rate

there are also Australian dollars which are stronger than Canadian dollars but weaker than American dollars

Answer 4

That changes from day to day. Go to www.xe.com for today's conversion

Answer 5

Yes, it is legal to use Canadian Coins in the US.

Answer 6

It's very much likely that you'd be able to.

I live in Canada and I'm able to get US Currency at my bank.

Answer 7

Today it is : 1 Canada dollar = .69 US dollar

Answer 8

The rates change every day. Use this currency converter to calculate it.